Consumer Reports Takes on Truck Safety

Consumer Reports Takes on Truck Safety

When I see a headline like “Reducing the Risks of Big Rigs” in a mainstream publication, I often open the article with trepidation. What did they get wrong this time? Did they even bother to get trucking’s perspective? So I was pleasantly surprised by this report in...
How to Better Understand Data in Truck Fleets

How to Better Understand Data in Truck Fleets

As a fleet manager, you know all about the mountain of data available to you with even the most basic tracking and reporting systems. With all of this data in truck fleets, it can be tough to determine where to start and what information is the most important. In part...
Survey Finds Fleets Bracing for More Turnover, Higher Driver Wages

Survey Finds Fleets Bracing for More Turnover, Higher Driver Wages

In its most recent Recruitment & Retention Survey, Driver iQ found that, by and large, fleets expect to raise truck driver wages and offer more bonuses while turnover continues to increase. In a trucking environment where fleets are increasing driver wages,...
TravelCenters of America Opens First Retread Center

TravelCenters of America Opens First Retread Center

TravelCenters of America has opened the TA commercial Tire Network Retread Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Retread Center is part of the Goodyear Authorized Retread Network and customer-owned casings can be retreaded with Goodyear treads. The location features a...
FMCSA Releases Mandated ‘Corrective Action Plan’ for CSA Program

FMCSA Releases Mandated ‘Corrective Action Plan’ for CSA Program

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced on July 16 that the agency has delivered a required “Correlation Study Corrective Action Plan” for its CSA Program (Compliance, Safety, Accountability program) to Congress. FMCSA’s new corrective action plan...
EPA Will Not Enforce 300-Unit Limit on Glider Kits Through 2019

EPA Will Not Enforce 300-Unit Limit on Glider Kits Through 2019

The Environmental Protection Agency said it will not enforce for 2018 and 2019 a 300-unit production cap put in place on the manufacture of glider kits that do not comply with Phase 2 GHG emission rules. EPA said the action is being taken because it is working to...